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How exactly can you dismiss someone like Marx without reading his work?
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2014
#66
How can you know what is actually contained within a text without reading it?
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2014
#71
Well enjoy that hangman's noose when the capitalists counterattack........
socialist_n_TN
Jun 2014
#97
The sad thing is most people don't even know what Marxism/Communism was. A guy on youtube asked
MillennialDem
Jun 2014
#11
Even though Stalin was a monster and totalitarian, many falsehoods which make him out even
MillennialDem
Jun 2014
#27
Honestly I'd say the older people are more anti socialist because of the Cold War.
MillennialDem
Jun 2014
#42
Really? On DU, the first line of defense against traditional Democrats seems to
merrily
Jun 2014
#21
Marx is great for identifying the problems in society. Top notch, actually.
Tommy_Carcetti
Jun 2014
#29
Are you reading what I write? In the real world, the conception of the free-market doesn't exist.
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2014
#70
Glossing over the spelling error, what has led to the annihilation of millions of people?
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2014
#76
By all accepted statistics ...... 40,000,000 people were starved to death by Stalin's regime alone.
clarice
Jun 2014
#77
Again, what specific idea from my post lead to the death of millions of people?
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2014
#78
You haven't answered my question. What idea of mine is responsible for millions dead?
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2014
#80
I don't know how relevant Marx himself is nowadays, but if one can avoid
struggle4progress
Jun 2014
#59
I love these threads where the People Who Are Always Wrong get ticked in unison.
LeftyMom
Jun 2014
#87